Immigration courts are too backed up to provide speedy trials for tens of thousands of immigrants, according to a USA Today study released this weekend. Based on a review of court cases between 2003 and 2008, the study found that almost 90,000 accused illegal immigrants had to wait at least two years to have their case heard before a judge and 14,000 had to wait nearly five years. A spokesman for the American Immigration Lawyers Association said that U.S. immigration courts, which only employ 224 judges, simply do not have enough resources. San Francisco immigration judge Dana Marks told USA Today, “you could have a case that would take an hour (to hear). But I can’t give you that hour of time for 14 months.” (USA Today)A nonprofit business ethics organization filed a lawsuit against AIG executives on behalf of company shareholders late last week. The shareholders involved in the suit claim that they collectively lost $200 billion due to economic mismanagement and misleading statements made by AIG executives in the past eight and a half years. The suit targets current and formerAIG execs including Maurice Greenberg, Martin Sullivan and Edward Liddy along with more than ten others. (Associated Press)
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